History Main / BookSmart

** [=SpongeBob=] himself may be rather simple-minded and lacking in street smarts, but several episodes have proven that he is at least academically gifted. Even in boating school, he only screws up because of anxiety rather than a lack of knowledge, although that does tend to vary (particularly in the post-movie era).

* ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'': While the show never portrays the kids going to school, Huey Duck's detail-oriented nature and dedication to the Junior Woodchucks is portrayed as this - he even keeps a copy of the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook under his hat. Violet Sabrewing also counts as this.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', Mitsuru is the best student in S.E.E.S., but while she's a talented commander, she's quite out of touch with people her age, such as how she treats a ramen joint(which is a step above fast food) as if she were at a fancy restaurant.
* In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', Yukiko is the best student in the Investigation Team (with the possible exception of Naoto, whose grades are never revealed), but can be a CloudCuckoolander who often misreads people.
* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Makoto, like Mitsuru, is the best student in her grade, but is also out of touch with her peers. She forms an OddFriendship with the BookDumb Eiko, and gets offended when the latter claims that Makoto would fail a test on love.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Haruhi Suzumiya gets excellent grades without any real effort.

** While he can be goofy, Umino is one of the best students in Miss Haruna's class.

* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'': Shana excels academically as well as athletically on her first day at school, being a superhuman and all.
* In ''LightNovel/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'', Mirei and Sayumi are ranked #1 and #2 at school in terms of grades, respectively.

SuperTrope to {{Nerd}}, which is this plus social incompetence, AcademicAthlete, which is this plus athleticism, AcademicAlphaBitch which is this plus CompetitionFreak attitude, BadassBookworm, which is this plus fighting abilities, DitzyGenius, which is this plus lack of common sense, GentlemanAndAScholar, which is this plus politeness, and TeenGenius, which is this played to the extreme. Often tends to overlap with {{Bookworm}} and GoGetterGirl. It can overlap with BrilliantButLazy if the character is not particularly studious but gets good grades without much effort.

Often it's a way to quickly establish them as so intelligent in general that they are able to master the academia without effort. Other times, it's more to showcase their diligence, at studying in particular. Either way, kids need role models.

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* ''Film/{{Booksmart}}'': Funnily enough, given the title, being book smart is central to the two lead characters’ identities. The opening scenes of the movie deconstruct the trope somewhat, however, showing that many other students at their school are also quite academically competent.

* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': The main cast has two examples, GoGetterGirl Jessie and ExtravertedNerd Screech. Even if Screech is even better at academics than Jessie, he's a DitzyGenius who lacks commmon sense outside of school.

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* In ''Manga/LuckyStar'', Miyuki and Kagami get the highest grades out of the main characters (Miyuki due to her high intelligence, Kagami because she's a hard worker in general). By comparison, resident {{Otaku}} Konata is BrilliantButLazy (she ''can'' get good grades, but normally doesn't bother) and Tsukasa is BookDumb due to being a forgetful [[TheDitz ditz]].

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Ami is one of the most well-known anime examples. She's so smart that she's often referred to as one of the best students of the country.

* In ''LightNovel/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecomeCommonplace'', Mirei and Sayumi are ranked #1 and #2 at school in terms of grades, respectively.

* ''LightNovel/InouBattleWaNichijoukeiNoNakaDe'': Mirei and Sayumi are #1 and #2 at school, respectively.

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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': Jason is extremely smart, especially compared to his older siblings Peter and Paige. He drives his teachers to exasperation, though, because he does ''far'' more schoolwork than any other 10-year-old (and in fact probably more than most college students) should.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
** Charlie Brown's friend Linus is the most knowledgeable of the kids.
** Marcie is a very good student, in contrast to her BookDumb friend Peppermint Patty.
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* ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'': Being book smart (but otherwise inexperienced) is very central to Ruby’s characterisation. She’s also modern enough to extend this to being “Website/{{Google}} smart”; whenever she runs into something she doesn’t understand, she pulls out her mobile phone and hits the internet — a habit which serves her well.

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* ''WebVideo/LizzieBennetDiaries'': This version of Lizzie Bennet establishes her intelligence by introducing herself in the first episode as a grad student, with the series being an InUniverse assignment for her masters program. Charlotte is also reimagined as a fellow grad student, and Gigi Darcy is described by her brother as a good student long before she is shown on screen.